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Marge Champion

ActorBorn 1919, died 2020On stage 1955 to 20012 productions on this page

Marge Champion

Marjorie Celeste Champion (née Belcher; September 2, 1919 – October 21, 2020) was an American dancer and actress. At fourteen, she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated films. Later, she performed as an actress and dancer in film musicals, and in 1957 had a television show based on song and dance. She also did creative choreography for liturgy, and served as a dialogue and movement coach for the 1978 TV miniseries, The Awakening Land, set in the late 18th century in the Ohio Valley.

On stage

2 productions, 46 years
1955
3 for TonightBroadway Plymouth Theatre. Original. Directed by Richard Pribor Cast: Marge and Gower Champion, Harry Belafonte, The Voices of Walter Schumann, Hiram Sherman (Story Teller), Betty Benson
85 performances
2001
FolliesBroadway Belasco Theatre. Revival. Directed by Matthew Warchus
117 performances

Also credited on

2 works

Song and Dance
The Happy Time

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